Work in ProgressA
note to the reader -- this is a work in progress,
which will evolve with constructive commentary and
exploration.
Only modest effort has been devoted to citation
stylistic consistency.
The delimiter denotes the current state of the
review.

Readings (with some exceptions) are
organized thematically, or topically.

Note that this material
has been derived from earlier compilations by
Professor Woods, with added contributions from
Professor Su, and amended from various other
resources... Their contributions are
gratefully recognized.

Elinor Ostrom, "Institutional Rational
Choice: An Assessment of the
Institutional Analysis and Development Framework,"
in Theories of
the Policy Process, Second Edition, Paul
Sabatier, ed. (2007), ch. 2.

Chubb,
John and Terry Moe. 1988. “Politics,
Markets, and the Organization of Schools.” American
Political Science Review 82:
1065-87.

Schneider,
Mark et al. 1997. “Institutional
Arrangements and the Creation of Social
Capital: The Effects of Public School
Choice.” American
Political Science Review 91:
82-93.

Teske, Paul,
Michael Mintrom, and Samuel Best.1993.“Establishing
the Micro Foundations of a Macro Theory:Information,
Movers, and the Competitive Local Market
for Public Goods” American Political
Science Review 87: 702-713, (also
see the exchange in 1995).

Lowery,
David, William E. Lyons, and Ruth Hoagland
DeHoog.1995.“The
Empirical Evidence for Citizen Information and
a Market for Public Goods.”APSR
89: 705-707. (Also read the response).

Lisa
Belkin, "Just Money", New York Times
Magazine, December 8, 2002
Paul Slovic, "The More Who Die, the Less We Care,"
in The Irrational
Economist: Making Decisions in a Dangerous
World, Erwann Michel-Kerjan and Paul
Slovic, eds., (2010), ch. 4.

Robert
H. Frank, "Weighing the True Costs and Benefits in a
Matter of Life and Death",

New York Times,
January 19, 2006.

Topic:
Contemporary Policy Challenges

Hacker, J. S. (2004). "Privatizing Risk
without Privatizing the Welfare State: The Hidden
Politics of Social Policy Retrenchment in the
United States." American
Political Science Review 98(2): 243-260.

Mettler, S. (2010). "Reconstituting the
Submerged State: The Challenges of Social Policy
Reform in the Obama Era." Perspectives on
Politics 8(03): 803-824.

Nabatchi, T., H. T. Goerdel, et al. (2011).
"Public Administration in Dark Times: Some
Questions for the Future of the Field." Journal of Public
Administration Research and Theory
21(suppl 1): i29-i43.

Gooden, S. and S. Portillo (2011).
"Advancing Social Equity in the Minnowbrook
Tradition." Journal
of Public Administration Research and Theory
21(suppl 1): i61-i76.

Getha-Taylor, H., M. H. Holmes, et al.
(2011). "Focusing the Public Leadership Lens:
Research Propositions and Questions in the
Minnowbrook Tradition." Journal of Public Administration
Research and Theory 21(suppl 1): i83-i97.

Christensen, R. K., H. T. Goerdel, et al.
(2011). "Management, Law, and the Pursuit of the
Public Good in Public Administration." Journal of Public
Administration Research and Theory
21(suppl 1): i125-i140.

Isett, K. R., I. A. Mergel, et al. (2011).
"Networks in Public Administration Scholarship:
Understanding Where We Are and Where We Need to
Go." Journal of
Public Administration Research and Theory
21(suppl 1): i157-i173.

Topic: Public
Service Motivation (From Professor Su)

Alonso, P., & Lewis, G. B. (2001).
Public Service Motivation and Job Performance. The American Review
of Public Administration, 31(4), 363-380.
doi: 10.1177/02750740122064992

Bright, L. (2008). Does Public Service
Motivation Really Make a Difference on the Job
Satisfaction and Turnover Intentions of Public
Employees? The American Review of Public
Administration, 38(2), 149-166. doi:
10.1177/0275074008317248

Crewson, P. E. (1997). Public-Service
Motivation: Building Empirical Evidence of
Incidence and Effect. Journal of Public Administration
Research and Theory: J-PART, 7(4),
499-518.

Houston, D. J. (2006). “Walking the Walk”
of Public Service Motivation: Public Employees and
Charitable Gifts of Time, Blood, and Money. Journal of Public
Administration Research and Theory,
16(1), 67-86. doi: 10.1093/jopart/mui028

McGuire, M. (2002). Managing Networks:
Propositions on What Managers Do and Why They Do
It. Public
Administration Review, 62(5), 599-609.

McGuire, M. (2006). Collaborative Public
Management: Assessing What We Know and How We Know
It. Public
Administration Review, 66, 33-43. doi:
10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00664.x

Meier, K. J., & O'toole, L. J. (2001).
Managerial Strategies and Behavior in Networks: A
Model with Evidence from U.S. Public Education. Journal of Public
Administration Research and Theory,
11(3), 271-294.

Moynihan, D. P., & Pandey, S. K.
(2005). Testing How Management Matters in an Era
of Government by Performance Management. Journal of Public
Administration Research and Theory,
15(3), 421-439. doi: 10.1093/jopart/mui016

Heinrich, C. J. (1999). Do Government
Bureaucrats Make Effective Use of Performance
Management Information? Journal of Public Administration
Research and Theory: J-PART, 9(3),
363-393.

Radin, B. A. (2000). The Government
Performance and Results Act and the Tradition of
Federal Management Reform: Square Pegs in Round
Holes? Journal
of Public Administration Research and Theory,
10(1), 111-135.

old newstories on
disasters... (expect new ones)
Cornelia Dean, "Some Experts Say It's Time to
Evacuate the Coast (for Good)", New York Times,
October 4, 2005; and David
Streitfeld, "Change Sought to Cover Losses
Mandatory national insurance for disasters
such as hurricanes and earthquakes is getting
a serious look...", Los Angeles Times, October
3, 2005.

Grossback, Lary and Sean Nicholson-Crotty.
2004. “Ideology and Learning in Policy Diffusion.”
American
Politics Research 32:521-45.

Boehmke, Frederick and Richard Witmer.
2004. “Disentangling Diffusion: The Effects of
Social Learning and Economic Competition on State
Policy Innovation and Diffusion.” Political Research
Quarterly 57: 39-52.

Shipan, C. R. and C. Volden (2008). "The
Mechanisms of Policy Diffusion." American Journal of
Political Science 52(4): 840-857.

Smith, Mark. 1999. “Public Opinion,
Elections, and Representation within a Market
Economy: Does the Structural Power of
Business Undermine Popular Sovereignty?” American Journal of
Political Science 43:842-863.

Gray, Viginia, David Lowery, Matthew
Fellowes, and Andrea McAtee. 2004.
“Public Opinion, Public Policy, and Organized
Interests in the American States.” Political Research
Quarterly 57: 411-420.

David Wasserman,
"Aggregation and the Moral Relevance of
Context in Health-Care Decision Making", in Medicine and
Social Justice: Essays on the
Distribution of Health Care, Rosamond
Rhodes, Margaret P. Battin, and Anita Silvers,
eds., (Oxford University Press, 2002), ch. 5.